Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

प्रसादं कुरु चास्माकं दीयतां मन्त्रपंचकम् । तदेव येन ते देवी तुष्टा सा परमेश्वरी

Transliteration

prasādaṃ kuru cāsmākaṃ dīyatāṃ mantrapaṃcakam | tadeva yena te devī tuṣṭā sā parameśvarī

Translation

ขอทรงโปรดเมตตาแก่พวกเราด้วย และประทาน “มนตร์ห้าบท” แก่เราเถิด เพราะด้วยมนตร์ปัญจกะนั้นเอง พระเทวีผู้เป็นปรเมศวรีจึงทรงพอพระทัยในท่าน

Word by Word

• प्रसादम्: favor, grace
• प्रसादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• कुरु: do, grant
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Imperative, 2nd person, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural)

• दीयताम्: let (it) be given
• दीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: ‘let it be given’)

• मन्त्रपञ्चकम्: set of five mantras
• मन्त्रपञ्चकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मन्त्राणां पञ्चकम्) (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nominative, Singular)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Genitive, Singular)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• परमेश्वरी: the Supreme Goddess
• परमेश्वरी: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (परमा च सा ईश्वरी) (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified interlocutors (the other women/listeners requesting instruction from the narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of supplicants, hands folded, request the ‘five-mantra set’ from a radiant divine lady; the atmosphere is reverent, with subtle संकेत of Devī’s presence and blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Parameśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge is meant to be shared with the worthy; mantra and devotion together are the means to win Devī’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request occurs within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter; the emphasis here is on mantra transmission rather than site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving (and presumably reciting) the mantra-pañcaka—the five-mantra set used to please Parameśvarī.